Local historian, journalist and author, Phil Egan has published his latest book: Keeping the Peace: 160 Years of Policing the Imperial City is available March 22.
Price Break Down:
$47.95
+ 5% Book Tax
= $49.95
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About:
A follow-up to his bestselling, Walking Through Fire: The History of Sarnia’s Bravest, Keeping the Peace chronicles the 160 plus years of the Sarnia Police Service. This book is published by Sarnia Historical Society.
On May 15, 1857, a man named Edward Proctor began patrolling the wooden sidewalks of the Town of Sarnia. He was known as the town’s “Street Inspector” and his duties were myriad and complex. Sarnia, at the time, was home to only a few hundred souls.
From such humble beginnings can be traced the remarkable history of the Sarnia Police Service: today, in it’s 163rd year, staffed by 115 sworn officers, forty-nine full time and twenty-two part-time civilian staff.
This is the story of how it began and how it grew. In this never-before told history, author and historian Phil Egan traces the very concept of policing and law enforcement back to its roots in the night watchmen prowling the cobbled streets of old London and other European towns, to Sir Robert Peel and the days of the Bow Street Runners.
He describes how policing in Sarnia grew as the town became a 21st century city, with the coming of the railroads, the steady growth of commerce and industry, the birth of the Chemical Valley, and the incredible feat that saw Sarnia christened “Tunnel Town” with the engineering marvel that was the St. Clair Tunnel.
As we journey back through time, in both war and peace, Egan introduces us to a rogue’s gallery of murderers, fraudsters, swindlers, saboteurs, counterfeiters, kidnappers and other scoundrels who have threatened the peace in our community. He also tells the story of the men and women in blue, some legendary, some unknown, who have valiantly served and protected Sarnia and brought them to justice.
We explore famous cases such as the Labatt kidnapping, the first major crime of its kind in Canada, the notorious Holmes Foundry Riot, the heartbreaking murders of Jessica Nethery and Noelle Paquette, the first DNA evidence introduced in a Sarnia courtroom, the first Victim Impact Statements, and the mysterious unsolved murders of Karen Caughlin, Morag Davies and more.
Keeping the Peace is both a lasting historical record and a proud tribute to the men and women who “stand on the ramparts” to keep the monsters at bay.
